"The Creator" is a
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
novelette by American writer
Clifford D. Simak
Clifford Donald Simak (; August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third SFWA Grand Master, and the Horror Wr ...
. It was published in book form in
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
by
Crawford Publications in an edition of 500 copies. It had previously appeared in the September 1935 issue of the magazine ''
Marvel Tales''.
Plot introduction
The novelette suggests that our universe was not created by God.
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1935 American novels
American science fiction novels
Novels first published in serial form
Novels by Clifford D. Simak
Works originally published in American magazines
Works originally published in science fiction magazines
Novelettes
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